Typographical machine.



R. M. BEDELL.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-29, 1913.

1,221,819,. Patente 10, 1917.

R. M- BEDELL.

I TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 29 19K] 1 ,Q]. ,1 9M Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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RICHARD M. IBEDELL, 0F BROOKLYN, .NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. Id, 1917.

Application filed. November 29, 1913. Serial No. 803,651.

O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrioes are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices-which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started. More particularly, it relates to that style of machine equipped with a plurality of magazines or fonts of matrices, any one of which may be brought into action so as to produce mixed matter at the will of the operator, as embodied for instance in the commercial Model 9 linotype. These machines are also provided with distributing mechanism, whereby the matrices are first separated according to font and then delivered to the main distributors, whereby they are restored according to letter to their channels in the proper magazines, as illustrated in many Letters Patent of the United States, for example those to D. S. Kennedy, No. 890,283.

My improved devices are illustrated as applied to the font separator or primary distributer, although they are not necessarily limited to employment in connection therewith. In the use of such machines it sometimes happens that a matrix of improper font, or a reversed matrix, or one without a distinguishing combination, or a mutilated one, will be delivered to a main distributer, involving the disadvantages of improper font mixture, etc., as will be familiar to those skilled in the art. It is the purpose of my invention to prevent such occurrences, and to that end I provide means whereby such alien matrices are kept separate from the others and finally delivered to an independent receptacle. The specilic form of my devices will be described in the following specification and finally pointed out in the claims.

In' theaccompanying drawings, I have shown my invention in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to the specific mechanism indicated. However, many changes and variations may be made therein, and in its mode of application, which will still be comprised within its spirit; and it may be similarly adapted to other kinds of typographical machines, such for instance as typesetters and the like,

which handle type or dies, instead of matrices. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear view, partly in section and broken away, of theprimary distributer with my improvements embodied therein; I Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line. 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates four matrices of different font in operative relation to their respective selectors; and

Fig. 4 shows a matrix not comprised within the regular assortment of the. machine.

As in the said Kennedy patent, the several matrices I belonging to the different magazines are formed with differently located font distinguishing notches at their lower ends. The matrices are delivered one bv distributer bar H, overlying the tubes D, D D D which guide them to the individual distributing mechanisms and which may, for the purposes of the present case, be regarded as parts of the distributing mechanisms. The matrices are conveyed by the onefrom the distributor box F by the lifting finger G into position to engage the primary screws J, J along the bar H, and the latter has its ridges cut away at points directly over the spaces between the tubes D, D etc. Located between the tubes and immediately beneath the cut-away portions of the bar H are a series of selectors or bridges K, K K K which bridges are formed at their upper side with teeth or ribs corresponding in position to those of the notches on the matrices of the different fonts, so that as a matrix is temporarily released from the bar it will be supported by a non-corresponding bridge and then reengaged with the bar, until it reaches its corresponding bridge, when it will be delivered to its appropriate tube. The construction and mode of operation of the parts so far described are or may be substantially similar to those disclosed in the said Kennedy patent, wherein they are designated by substantially the same letters of reference, and in themselves constitute no part of my present invention, except as subsequently to be described.

It sometimes happens that a matrix of wrong font or the like, or a reversed matrix, or one mutilated sufficiently to impair its font combination and which, for purposes of identification in the appended claims, I shall herein refer to as alien matrices, is transferred to the primary bar H, in which event it will be improperly delivered to one of the distributor tubes, ordinarily the last one, or else will fall from the bar among the moving parts of the machine. It is the principal purpose of my invention to obviate contingencies of this character, and to segregate such matrices and convey them to an independent receptacle where they may be suitably disposed of. Ordinarily, the farther end'of the bar H, or that over the last tube D has been left blank or without sustaining ridges, which construction has permitted the delivery to the tube D not only of matrices. properly corresponding thereto, but also of the improper or alien matrices already described. To correct this difficulty,

I form the farther end of the bar H with the ridges H so that the improper matrices (such as the matrix I will be sustained thereby until they reach the extreme end of the bar; and in immediate proximity thereto I locate the additional tube or chute M, through which the matrices may be delivered to any desired point.

As already described, I have shown my invention only in preferred form and by way of example, and as adapted to the particular mechanism described; but obviously many modifications and alterations therein, and in its mode of adaptation, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, without departure from its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its construction, and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. Font distributing mechanism including a font-distributer bar provided with primary distributing portions and with an auxiliary distributing portion adapted to receive alien type or matrices not distributable by the primary portions, said bar being also formed with intermediate blank portions, a series of selecting bridges underlying the blank portions between the primary portions, receptacles for receiving the matrices distributed by the primary portions, and an independent receptacle for receiving the alien type or matrices from the auxiliary portion.

2. Font distributing mechanism including a font-distributor bar formed with a plurality of primary distributing portions and with an auxiliary distributing portion adapted to receive alien matrices not distributable by the primary portions, said bar being also formed with intermediate blank sections, a series of selecting bridges underlying the blank sections, a series of tubes for receiving the matrices distributed by the primary portions, and an independent chute for receiving the alien matrices from the auxiliary portion; the auxiliary distributing portion being of greater supporting surface than that of the primary portion to present a bridging surface that overlaps the chute.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

' RICHARD M. BEDELL. Witnesses:

WALTER S. Con, EDWARD A. SYTZ.

Copies of'this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

